After being thrown out, Gardenhire came onto the field to argue with Foster before third-base umpire Joe West came in to intervene.

"I didn't think it was a balk, it was a balk," Gardenhire said. "I saw video. He was stepping toward third and actually was moving his front foot like it was the old third-to-first play. He did it two times. So that's what I said, and then the umpire yelled, 'I can't hear you.' So I said, 'Ask Joe West. He calls every balk.' So then he threw me out."

It was the third time this season that Gardenhire was ejected, and the 70th time in his career.